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When one thinks of Vikings, lavish dinner parties are probably not the first thing that come to mind. But in today's Academic Minute, Baylor University's Davide Zori tells us that vikings were really into parties.

The Academic Minute features professors from top institutions around the country, delving into topics from the serious to the light-hearted, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in the academy.

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The tone of a written passage can fully influence how it is comprehended. In today's Academic Minute, the University at Albany's Richard Lachmann is studying the shifting tonality of textbooks especially in their treatment of war.

The way the brain processes faces, especially familiar faces, is still something of a mystery. In today's Academic Minute, the University of East London's Volker Thoma describes an effort to improve our neurological and psychological understanding of facial recognition.

How can we best improve communities as a whole? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Guelph's Leah Levac describes her attempt to answer that questions by creating a vitality index that measures well-being.

Do the people who surround you have a sizable impact on your mental health? In today's Academic Minute, Northern Arizona University's Steven Barger details the connection between depression and personal relationships.

On our December 12 program, Weill Cornell Medical College's Gregory Petsco and Kenneth Gibbs of the National Postdoctoral Association join Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik and the moderator Casey Green to assess a new National Academies report on the troubled state of the postdoctoral research system. And since this is our last program of 2014, Inside Higher Ed's Doug Lederman joins Scott for a discussion of the year's most important stories (sexual assault, college athletics, the liberal arts) -- and a bit of crystal-ball gazing about what's likely to dominate the headlines in 2015.